# Pan Dorset Advocacy Service

> A sourced UK public-sector contract award published by Dorset Council.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Dorset Council](/buyers/dorset-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Swan Advocacy Network
- Award value: £4,137,052
- Tender value: £4,381,040
- Award date: 3 April 2023
- Published: 4 April 2023
- Contract start: 1 June 2023
- Contract end: 31 May 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 6df5ce10-7d0c-4ce3-b638-9c829158fd06-631468
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8f167482-a95e-4f20-8345-c7f33f29ec56

## Description

Dorset Council is inviting suitably experienced and qualified providers to bid in a tender opportunity for a Single Pan Dorset Advocacy Service with Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole \(BCP\) Council, NHS Dorset and Dorset Hospitals University Foundation Trust\. There is the potential for a 5-year contract\. It will include: • Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy \(IMCA - LPS / DoLS\) Including Safeguarding Advocacy, Litigation Friend and Relevant Persons Representative \(RPR\) • Independent Mental Health Advocacy \(IMHA\) • Care Act Advocacy - Including Parents who have Care Act eligible needs • General / Generic Advocacy \(non-statutory\) • CHC Advocacy • Advocacy for Parents during care proceedings who are not Care Act eligible \(Children's Services\) • Carers Advocacy \(Not under the Care Act\) Full details can be found, and any bid submitted, on the e-tendering system used by the Council: www\.supplyingthesouthwest\.org\.uk

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6df5ce10-7d0c-4ce3-b638-9c829158fd06-631468)